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The winter months remain particularly critical. Four technologies are under consideration, each with its own cost, pace, and drawbacks.

News:Switzerland’s Electricity Shortage: Which Solution Will Really Work?

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Pax: In the future, the online business will be operated exclusively under its own brand.

News:Visana Acquires simpego: Pax Sells Majority Stake

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Much like Caesar, market leaders in the insurance industry do not adopt a passive stance, but instead emulate innovations, amongst other things.

News:What Caesar Teaches the Insurance Industry

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:Borrowed Time

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When prolonged heat turns into drought, and drought turns into dry vegetation.

News:When the Heat Wave Ends: Europe’s Summer Becomes an Ongoing Risk

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News:Longevity: The sick span is underestimated

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Demographic change is the greatest market opportunity for life insurance.

News:From Saving to Withdrawel: the Digital Evolution of Pensions

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A thought experiment brings an ancient philosophical method into the modern world of insurance.

News:What would Socrates ask the insurance industry?

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:The Floor, Not the Ceiling

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News:A New Approach to Claims: How Vectoryx Orchestrates Claims Settlement

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News:AI Doesn’t Replace CFOs – it Replaces Finance Professionals who Don’t Use AI

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A mistake made by a young consultant does not automatically lead to dismissal.

News:The Mistake That Makes a Difference

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Couldn't insurance also operate dynamically, decentralized, and in real time?

News:What if Insurance Worked Like a Free Market?

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Charlie Munger's three paths to ruin were alcohol, women, and leverage.

News:The Future Declines to Ignite

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Humanity versus the Human: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) versus what is known as Artificial Individual Intelligence (AII).

News:Humanity is an average: No single person fits that description

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News:“Stay Curious”: Reto Lipp on the Swiss Economy

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Swiss InsurTech Hub reports positive results for the past half-year.

News:Swiss InsurTech Hub Looks Back on an Eventful Half-Year

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Where does what is insurable end, and where does life begin?

News:Heartache With a Deductible

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Bewe Lab's gamified app helps reduce cravings and addictive behavior.

News:Bewe Lab Receives an Award

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What happens when a market that has been paying for the future for two years is presented with the bill?

News:Punished for Winning

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Following the tragedy in Crans-Montana, Jean-Daniel Laffely, CEO of Vaudoise Insurance, assured the victims and their…

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Insurers think in the ecosystem in the new episode of Paul the Insurer.
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